pg_dump --ignore-version comments into pg_dumpall and pg_restore pages.
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<sect1 id="arrays">
<title>Arrays</title>
(1 row)
</programlisting>
- To avoid confusion with slices, use slice syntax for all dimmension
- references, e.g. <literal>[1:2][1:1]</>, not <literal>[2][1:1]</>.
+ To avoid confusion with the non-slice case, it's best to use slice syntax
+ for all dimensions, e.g., <literal>[1:2][1:1]</>, not <literal>[2][1:1]</>.
</para>
<para>
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<term><option>--ignore-version</></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Ignore incompatible version check between
+ Ignore version mismatch between
<application>pg_dump</application> and the database server.
</para>
<para>
- Dumping from a server newer than <application>pg_dump</application>
- is likely fail and is disabled by default.
- Also, while <application>pg_dump</application> can dump from servers running
- previous releases of <productname>PostgreSQL</>, some very old
- versions are not supported (currently, pre-7.0).
- Use this option if you need to override the version check, but
- be prepared for <application>pg_dump</application> to fail.
+ By default, <application>pg_dump</> will refuse to attempt
+ to dump from a server that is of a newer <productname>PostgreSQL</>
+ version than <application>pg_dump</application> is. It will also
+ refuse to attempt to dump from a server that is older than the oldest
+ supported version (currently, 7.0). The <option>-i</> option
+ overrides this check and forces a dump to be attempted anyway.
+ This option is <emphasis>deprecated</> because the dump is very
+ likely to fail — or worse, seem to succeed but be wrong or
+ incomplete.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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</para>
<para>
- <application>pg_dumpall</application> can handle databases
- from previous releases of <productname>PostgreSQL</>, but very
- old versions are not supported anymore (currently prior to
- 7.0). Use this option if you need to override the version
- check (and if <application>pg_dumpall</application> then
- fails, don't say you weren't warned).
+ By default, <application>pg_dumpall</> will refuse to attempt
+ to dump from a server that is of a newer <productname>PostgreSQL</>
+ version than <application>pg_dumpall</application> is. It will also
+ refuse to attempt to dump from a server that is older than the oldest
+ supported version (currently, 7.0). The <option>-i</> option
+ overrides this check and forces a dump to be attempted anyway.
+ This option is <emphasis>deprecated</> because the dump is very
+ likely to fail — or worse, seem to succeed but be wrong or
+ incomplete.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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<refentry id="APP-PGRESTORE">
<refmeta>
<term><option>--ignore-version</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Ignore database version checks.
+ Ignore version mismatch between
+ <application>pg_restore</application> and the database server.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>